Quick little note before I start the story, sorry about how long this took to write, I was trying to make an operation like capturing a field from Grimm interesting, and I couldn't, I genuinely made an attempt to do so and I failed, so instead I'm jumping a week forward and head back to vale.
Anyways I'll start the story now.
- Vale Main Gates -
It's been about a week of nonstop fighting, enough to make a man go crazy if it weren't for 1st infantry division's lucky break where they managed to reach us a whole 2 days early, I guess there's only so many Grimm concentrated in one area, either way, once 1st ID arrived, we shipped out back to Vale on the Red Ball Express, it's called that because at this point I have enough world war two references might as well add more, "hey Jaune, how long till we reach Vale?" I ask while looking around at the beautiful scenery.
"Soon, we'll be pulling into Vale by the afternoon, how are you holding up sir?" Jaune asked back.
"Ahh I'll live, tis but a flesh wound," I said patting my gut, it was inevitable that I was gonna get injured, I got lucky all considering, only a scratch on my abdomen, the medics got me patched up and fighting again.
"Just making sure, anyways I hear from Pyrhha that we're national heroes, you can thank mass media for that one," Jaune said while driving.
"Yeah? Well, that'll be interesting, maybe we'll finally get some political weight to push around now, lord knows vale could use some reforms," I said sarcastically.
"Well get used to not being able to head out in public properly for a while, at least that's what Pyrrha tells me," Jaune said looking around, "heads up, Vale's within sight!" he said pointing at the vale walls
"Finally!" I said excited, can't wait to head to classes, for one I'm not constantly watching for Grimm, for two I have a date with Coco I arranged right before I left...which might be hard to fulfill if what Jaune said was true...Fuck.
Arriving at the Vale Central Gates, I heard...cheering? "Hey, Jaune did Pyrrha mention a party set up in our honor?" I asked Jaune.
"No, I guess the people decided to gather up to celebrate the return of their national heroes, Maybe we'll get a medal from the council," Jaune said looking through the crack the gates have formed from opening. "Heh, I think I'll have to reschedule that coffee I promised Pyrrha after all this if we're gonna be hounded by the people," Jaune said pulling out his scroll and calling Pyrrha.
"Hey, kid you finally decided to ask her out?" I asked letting go of the M2 Browning mounted on the half-track.
"Hold on a sec Pyr-," he said looking to me, "Yes I did, why?" he asked.
"Shit, good for you man, you two were practically made for each other," I said patting his back.
"Yeah thanks, apparently the gang is by the base with cake and a hot meal," Jaune said relaying something Pyrrha told him.
"Yeah, I could do with a small scale celebration, c'mon the gates have full opened, let's go see what the public has to say about us," I said gesturing him to start driving.
Driving down the main street of Vale, we were immediately greeted to an adoring public, all the news networks were out to film us, and lining the streets were VPD and the military police, keeping a cleared path between the main gate and the dock warehouses, we slowly drove to the docks.
"Hey, Adam, what do you think about this, an adoring public, one that has seen humans and faunus fight together, there aren't any racists out either, that'll really stick it to the SDC won't it?" I asked him.
"Yes it will, yes it will," Adam said looking to the crowd.
"Now just to see what the world will do, will they accept us, or will they reject us, after all we have just done something even Atlas hasn't done, we have taken over a piece of land in a territory heavily controlled by grimm," I said smiling for the cameras
"We will have to wait and see, come on let's get back to base, I want to get a proper night's sleep for the first time in a week," Adam said smiling.
- HQ -
"Alright, we're back!" I shouted walking into the main building of the base.
"Welcome back," I hear Coco say to me...wait Coco?
"Hey Coco, whatcha doing here?" I ask her, I mean I asked her out for coffee tomorrow, guess Ruby decided to let her know and invited her here as an early date or she let herself in to have coffee with me in a more private location, either way, I'm not complaining, a hot girl is currently in front of me and it's not a hooker… not that I've ever hired a hooker before.
"I saw the news, who know I was gonna go out with such a big shot," She teased.
"Err we'll be leaving you alone now," Adam said walking out of the room with Jaune in tow, "I'll see you in the mess hall," he said closing the door.
"Yeah, well didn't think I would get such popularity, granted I don't know what I expected," I said rubbing the back of my neck.
"Well, I think you deserve some coffee, my treat, consider it thanks for the future shopping trip you're gonna pay for," she said grabbing my arm and dragging me behind her.
"Yeah? You here for the attention then?" I said sarcastically.
"Yeah right, if I wanted attention, I could get it on the runway, my mom's a fashion designer remember," She said rolling her eyes.
"Oh, I know, just asking," I replied also rolling my eyes a bit. My god what bullshit did I have to do to impress this woman, oh right I made an army, "So then, where is the lovely lady in brown gonna take me?" I ask smirking.
"A really nice coffee place, they offer a private area for more high-class attendees, and well I reserved a place for us yesterday, seeing as you are suddenly a famous and well-liked person," she said continuing to drag me along. "You should have hired me to design your uniforms though, so utilitarian," she said sarcastically.
"Hey, these outfits are plenty fashionable, combat-proven and most importantly of all, relatively cheap," I said mockingly back.
"Anyways what about your parents you never told me about them before," she asked.
"Oh my parents...err well my dad is completely out of the picture, left me when I was 6, and my mom is currently in an entirely different universe to this one," I said awkwardly.
"Oh really now...ah right you mentioned how you were from a different universe during our last shopping trip, well you ever plan to go back to your world?" she asked me.
"Honestly, haven't really made a second thought about it, but maybe one day, either until that day, I'm here to stay," I said confidently, it's not that I don't miss earth, but here I have so much more at my fingertips, and I have a definite problem to fix, that for some reason I feel like I can fix it.
"Well then let's discuss this more during coffee because we're about to hit the streets, and we're gonna have to move fast, so no talking," she said opening the front gate.
"Okay then, lead the way," I said gesturing her forward.
- end -
Anyway, I don't have much to say, but it felt necessary to make a note here anyway
Hope everyone is having a good day~
